William Leroy McMurray Jr.

William Leroy McMurray Jr. (11 April 1925-) was a Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals from 1976 to 2000, serving as Chief Judge in 1984.

Biography
William Leroy McMurray Jr. was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina in 1925, and he was raised on a farm in Randolph County, Georgia. He served in the US Army in Italy during World War II, and he graduated from Georgia Southwestern College and the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University after leaving the military. McMurray later rejoined the US Army when the Korean War broke out, and he served as a special agent for the FBI for six years after being honorably discharged from the military. He served as city attorney in Cordele, Georgia before becoming a Superior Court Judge of the Cordele Judicial Circuit, and he was appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals in 1976 by Governor George Busbee. From 1979 to 1983 and from 1985 to 2000, he served as presiding judge, and he served as Chief Judge in 1984.